St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Dakota DOTS AND DasREs.
News Notes OF interest To The PEG
pie Of the Great Territory.

The question is being discussed by those
specially interested in the opening of the
Sioux reservation, whether the object cannot
be at least partially accomplished under the
act approved Feb. s, for the allotment of
lands to Indians in severalty. Under this
law, the president may, whenever in his
opinion the lands are advantageous for agri-
cultural and grazing purposes, cause the
same to be surveyed and allotted in severalty
TO the Indians, giving to each member of the
family from 100 down to 40 acres. The gov
ernment may then purchase such remaining
portions of the lands as the Indians consent
10 sell and subject them to homestead entry
all subject to ratification by congress. Some
insist that if the president and secretary of
the interior be induced to act under this law,
the lands can be open TO settlement much
sooner than to wait for the enactment and
operation of the Dawes bill or some similar
measure. In any event it will be work of
considerable Iime to get these lands open.
W. L. Dow, one of the architects at Sioux
Falls, sizes up the boom there in this way in
one of the city papers: There is every evil
dence that the present year will see very
much of building boom here. i must say.
however, that think we talk too much of our
building boom, y" with too little foundation
BY blowing things up too high we attract in
builders from other points who come in here
for work and who get disgusted with the dis
appointment they meet in coming here. /
believe in lying a little-say doubling up
about twice on the truth-but somehow /
really think we ought to stop there NY con-
science won't let me 60 much farther than a
double. We don't lie near as much ncr stick
TO it as strong as those fellows up there in
North Dakota-at Fargo or jamestown"
Every winter since. the settlement of Will
Transport, in Emmons county, q colony of the
people have gone down into the timber along
the Missouri river, about eighteen miles from
there, erected good log cabins and lived there
in comfort, protected from the winds and
with plenty of fuel ut hand. The settlement
has been named Camp Sheds They have
usually returned before the river broke ND
but were caught this year. They were awak-
ened one night by the water pouring into
their houses. They rushed out to q sand
bank and were surrounded by water keeping
men, women and children out in one of the
worst biiZzards Of the season, but not very
cold fortunately, two days, when they were
rescued.
The order of Odd Fellows is one of the
strongest OF secret societies in Dakota and
extensive preparations are making for cee-
Orat1ng the anniversary of the order Al ril
20. There is all organization connected with
III called the Dakota Central Anniversary as
ISOLATION. This body met at Woonsocket last
year, and will meet next month at Miller 1t
as expected 10 be The greatest occasion Of the
kind the town has ever known. with visitors
from all over the territory. Hon. W. A.
bentley. of Bismarck, is to be the orator. and
there will be many bands and people,
1t would not be difficult to draw an infer
ence from the tone of the Redfeld papers
that Gov. Church does not lie near the heart
Df hat community, and that there is no pres
ept intention to banquet him when he an
pears there. The special grievance is thn f
the governor killed the bill removing the Cos
sions Of the supreme court there. They in
sist that he was urged tn either sign or veto
the bill. as in the latter case the legislature
iOh roc Ot-1,f fl,A,
do either, and it was too near the close of the
session to save il.
Judge West, the secretary OF the. railroad
commission, has alwa, been popular per-
sonaIly. and now adds to his popularity nv
giving as the result Of his travels in and ont
OF the territory, the opinion that the boom i'm
North Dakota realty this spring and summer
will exceed all precedent taking the towns
and country as whole. He says there will
be an influx of the best class of settlers that
will surpass the most S;ngulEe expectations
Tits believed he will be reelected secretary
OF the railroad commiSSiOn-certainiy if tho
North controls it.
The people of all parties at yermiIlion
turned out with band and presented Eon
ID. NJ. lnman with elegant ebony pold
headed cane as mark of their appreciatiop
OF his arduous services as q member of tbe
Ihlro mouse at bismarck, which eliminated
In generous, robust figures for the upiver-
sity, which is the pride of the CLAW county
metropolis. Mr.. lnman responded pleas
antly, but did not explain his method of oner-
ations at the capital 10 secure an appropria-
ton so much beyond local expectations
The selection of May for Arbor day meets
general approval. and there is dispostion
prevalent to give the occasion a good dool
more attention than heretofore. In his last
bulletin Commissioner Dunlap puts the num-
Der of trees set out on Arbor day in 1886 at
25.62O. 1T is believed there will be several
-, 4 hat ,IN<,,. 81,
also estimates the number Of acres of trees
planted and now doing well in the territory
at 4t,3T5 That would not Indicate that tree
panting had hecu extensive as ct.
Coiist; elk and White. The town site arents
on the ing or The Manitoba extension, report
thni Minrt is The Ii est lown in Dakota at
lrcsvei ficre are 4,u.v ennlr there, and the